A study of plant succession in the oak brush (Q̲u̲e̲r̲c̲u̲s̲ g̲a̲m̲b̲e̲l̲i̲i̲) zone after fire

The recovery of Scrub Oak (Quercus gambelii) and associated plants after fire is a very important and interesting phenomenon. Information concerning the overall rate of recovery, the vegetational changes resulting from a fire, the difference in rates of recovery of individual species and the period of the necessary to reach the original plant cover is important to ecological science by is also necessary in planning a sound program of conservation and grazing.